Steve King: Fall budget battle hinges on immigration — Congressman Steve King said today the threat of another government shutdown could be Republicans' leverage to pass border security and immigration legislation this fall. — Congress must act before the end of September to either approve …

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: ‘I Will Help Hillary Get Elected’ — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand isn't positive Hillary Clinton will run for president, but the woman who took Clinton's former New York Senate seat would like to think so. — “In my mind, she's definitely running,” Gillibrand tells PEOPLE.

WATCH: The Jon Stewart Ferguson Segment You've Been Waiting For — “The Daily Show” returned from hiatus Tuesday night and Jon Stewart finally tackled the situation in Ferguson, Mo., directing the brunt of his criticism at what he saw as Fox News' misplaced outrage over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.

FBI Examining Whether Russia Is Tied to JPMorgan Hacking — Russian hackers attacked the U.S. financial system in mid-August, infiltrating and stealing data from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and at least one other bank, an incident the FBI is investigating as a possible retaliation …

Ukraine Says Russian Forces Lead Major New Offensive in East — NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine — Tanks, artillery and infantry have crossed from Russia into an unbreached part of eastern Ukraine in recent days, attacking Ukrainian forces and causing panic and wholesale retreat not only in this small border town …

The Expanding World of Poverty Capitalism — In Orange County, Calif., the probation department's “supervised electronic confinement program,” which monitors the movements of low-risk offenders, has been outsourced to a private company, Sentinel Offender Services.

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